Overview

• Detectives arrested two Stoke-on-Trent men, aged 30 and 36, on suspicion of affray and they remain in custody for questioning.
• Officers were called to Chell Heath Road at about 2:20pm on September 8 after reports of men exiting vehicles with baseball bats and a car jack.
• Armed units searched the area but reported no weapons recovered and believe those involved had fled before police arrived.
• Multiple vehicles sustained smashed windows during the disturbance, according to police and images from the scene.
• Burnwood Community Primary School entered a precautionary lockdown, and neighbourhood patrols have been increased as officers appeal for doorbell and dashcam footage via a public portal or anonymous tips to Crimestoppers.